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Re: Moore hires his own lawyer

Isaac136 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:09:46 -0400

BLUENC isn't just one person. There's wide range of opinions there.

Re: Moore hires his own lawyer

Prospero — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:55:00 -0400

And when they hire Republican lawyers, what will BlueNC make of that?

Ryan, Ryan, Oh Ryan

Isaac136 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:50:29 -0400

Isn't there any way that you can display the name of the "person" commenting along with the title of the comment in that sidebar? It's discouraging to click onto a comment and see that it's just someone sputtering, ya know?

Wouldn't it be doable, just to save some people the discouragement?

I'm getting to the point of not wanting to click onto a comment because chances are so good that it's just FCC hissing and spitting.

Re: Moore hires his own lawyer

FFC1304 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:00:35 -0400

CORRUPT democrats have RUINED NC!

Moore hires his own lawyer

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:18:15 -0400

Richard Moore is hiring his own attorney on a public records lawsuit.

The state treasurer asked Attorney General Roy Cooper for permission not to use state attorneys to represent him in a lawsuit filed by the State Employees Association of North Carolina over a public records request about the state pension fund.

Under state law, the attorney general must approve the hiring of outside counsel.

Cooper approved the request Friday and took special deputy attorneys general Melissa Trippe and Alec Peters off the lawsuit, according to spokeswoman Noelle Talley.

"It's fairly unusual," she said. "But in this case, there was a strong difference of opinion between our office and theirs about how to proceed."

Moore has since hired the Shanahan Law Group, a Raleigh firm that specializes in business and governmental litigation.

Talley would not elaborate on the disagreement.

"That's all we're going to say at this point," she said.